Vaporizing apparatus.



No. 665,|o9. Patented 1an. l, 190|.

A. KITsoN.

VAPOBIZING APPARATUS.

(Appximion med- Apr. 24, 1899.)

(No Model.)

ATTORNEY Tn: MORRIS PEYERS co. PNOTQLHMO.. wmNnTaN. D. n,

UNITI-in OFFICE.

ARTHUR KITSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE KITSON HYDROCARBON HEATING AND INCANDESCENT LIGHTING COM-v PANY, OF SAME PLACE AND CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

vA-PoRlzlNe APPARATUS'.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 665,109, dated January 1, 1901. Application led April 24, 1899. Serial No. 714 ,183. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: 9 on the lower end of the main-upright tube Be it known that I, 'ARTHUR KITSON, asub- 5 and discharges down toward the bottom or ject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resiclosed end of said globular extension. The dent of Philadelphia., county of Philadelphia, vibrating arm 10 is pivoted on the end of the 5 State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain vapor-discharge tube 6 at the point 6". Y This 5 5 newandusefullmprovementsinVapor-Burnarm carries a needle lO2L on its inner ends ing Apparatus, of which the following is a adapted to enter the opening 7 in the vaporspeciiication. discharge tube when the operator pulls down My invention relates to vapor-burning apon the chain 11, attached to the outer end of Io paratus, and is more specifically designed to the vibrating lever 10. 6o

produce an improved form of single-burner 12represents the burner proper, which is apparatus for burning the vapor of kerosene formed by contracting the upper end of the or other fluid hydrocarbon mixed with air unmain tube 5 or by insertingl a thimble thereder the ordinary form ofincandescent mantle. in. The Vgauze 13 is placed over the burner- 15 The preferred form of myapparatus isillusopening and held in place by the annular 65 trated in the accompanying sheet'of drawrcap 14. A second lower gauze `l5 may be ings, in which inserted in the burner. A metal collar 16 is` Figure lis an elevation and partial sectionv placed on the upper end of the tube 5 and of my apparatus. Fig. 2 is a detail sectionv surrounds the burner l2, leaving an annuzo showing a union connecting the U-shaped lar space between the two. This collar, as 7o vaporizing-t'ube to its supporting-tubes. i shown, is in metallic Contact with the tube 5, Throughout the drawings like reference and the particular construction shown might figures refer to like parts. be varied, so long as any construction was em- The lamp is preferably mounted ona resployed which gave free conduction of heat z5 ervoir or bowl (not shown) containing oil from the collar 16 tothe body of the tube y5. 75 l and compressed `air, it being secured into said The U-shaped vaporizing-tube 4 is conl bowl by the threaded nipple 1. A valve 2 nected to the oil-supply tube 3 and the vaporlA controls the flow of oil from the bowl through discharge tube 6, which are located on oppothe oil-supply tube 3 to the vaporizing-tube site sides of the burner, by means of the 3o 4, which is preferably made in the shapeof unions 17 17a, and between the abutting ends 8o a U or horseshoe, so as to extend up alongof the tubesl preferablyintroduoe gauze diaside of and across the top of the incandescent phragms 19, as shown. In the vaporizingmantle 20, said incandescent mantle being tube is a U-shaped rod or wire 18, which is supported from the vaporiZing-tube by the preferably supported in position by the wire- 35 wire 21 or other convenient means. 23 is a gauze diaphragms. 85 short chimney mounted on the upper portion The, upper ends ofthe oil-supply tube 3 and of the vaporizing-tube, and 22 is a drip-valve the vapor-discharge 6 are supported in any in the lower part of the burner apparatus. convenient way, as by the yoke 24. This burner and air-mixing apparatus are all The method of operating my invention is 4o mounted on or within the upright tube 5. asfollows:The vaporizing-tube4being heated 9c);A a

The vapor is carried from the end of the vapby a gasolene-torch or any other convenient orizing-tube by the vapor-discharge tube 6, means of preheating, (not shown,) the valve 2 which is preferably bent to one side and has is opened and the oil is forced up through the an outwardly-haring discharge-opening 7, supply-pipe 3 and thel gauze diaphragm 419 formed by punching upa portion of the wall into the vaporizing-tube 4. As it passes up 95 otl the tube. The bent portion of this vaporand over the mantle through this vaporizingdischarge tube extends across the mouth of tube it is compelled by the internal filler 18 the short mixing-tube 8 and discharges downto pass along the surface of the tube in a comward through said mixing-tube. The miX- paratively thin layer or lm, and is thus i 5o ing-tube extends into the globular extension brought in thorough contact with the hot roo tube. By the time. it has approached the union 1'7a it is in the form oi" vapor, which passes through the diaphragm, through the vapordischarge tube 6, and out at 'the discharge-opening 7 in the form of a jet. This jet passes down the mixing-tube 8, drawing in the necessary quantity ot air. The noise of the jet may be muiiied and suppressed by any form of muiler. (Not shown.) The mixture of vapor and air is discharged into the lower globular end 9 of the upright tube 5 and there compelled to reverse its direction of iiow and pass up through the main tube 5 to the burner, where it is ignited and burns under the incandescent mantle 20, heating the U-shaped vaporizingtube. By pulling on the chain 1l the needle l0:1 can be projected up into the opening '7, when the same has become clogged by the accumulation of carbon, eleanses the opening, and enables the lamp to continue in operation. The radiated heat of the burner and mantle strikes the vertical portions of the U-shaped vaporizing-tube 4, and the upward-tlowing current of hot gases is concentrated on the upper portion of the tube by the chimney 23.

The advantages of my invention consist in the tact that the mixing operation is all done within the short tube 5, which is kept hot by the fact of its metallic connection with the burner l2 and the surrounding collar 16. The lower skirts of the mantle 2O are of course kept hot by conduction from the upper por-4 tions, which are in the im mediate vicinity of the iiame, and heat radiated from this lower skirt of the mantle is intercepted by the metallic collar 16. The oil-supply tube is also tive arrangement of parts shown in the drawings or the principle of operation set out in the specication is preserved. Thus the position of the oil-supply tube 3 might be varied, as indicated in-dotted lines, other forms of burner might be employed, various devices for muiiiing the hissing noise ot the jet might be added, duc.; but all these I consider matters of form and not of substance and regard the resulting apparatus as still within the scope of my'invention.

The form, construction, and connections of, for example, the oil and vapor tubing, the chimney, the burner, the., herein shown and described are not specifically claimed, for the reason that such features combined in various ways constitute the subject-matter of other applications now pending.

Having therefore described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a vapor-burning apparatus the combination of the upright tube having an enlax-ged globular portion at its lower end, the burner at the upper end of the tube, the mixingtube angularly disposed to the upright tube and discharging into the globular portion thereof, and the vaporizng-tube within the heating zone of the burner and discharging into the outer end of the mixingftsibe.

2. In a vapor-burning apparatus the-cmnbiuation of the mixing-tube, the vapor-discharging tube extending across the mouth of. the mixingtube and having a disehargebpening in its side, and the needle-carrying arm pivoted on the end of the vapor-discharge tube, and so disposed as to swing the needle through the discharge-oritce.

Signed by me at New York city, New York, this 22d day of April, 189i).

ARTHUR KITSON. Vitnesses:

LILIAN FOSTER, W. H. PUMPHREY. 

